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Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.
Garcia was 69.

A skilled orator elected president twice, first as a firebrand leftist and then as a champion of foreign investment and free trade, Garcia had been dogged by allegations of corruption in recent years that he repeatedly denied.
Garcia had been one of nine people a judge had ordered to be arrested on Wednesday for alleged involvement in bribes distributed by Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company that triggered Latin America’s biggest graft scandal when it admitted in 2016 that it had paid kickbacks to politicians across the region to secure lucrative contracts.
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Members of his party announced his death to crowds gathered outside hospital Casimiro Ulloa, where he suffered three cardiac arrests and underwent emergency surgery.
President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was “consternated” by Garcia’s death, and sent his condolences to his family members.

Garcia governed as a nationalist from 1985 to 1990 before remaking himself as a free-market proponent and winning another five-year term in 2006.
He had denied wrongdoing involving Odebrecht, and blamed his legal troubles on political persecution.


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Peru’s ex-president Alan Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest

Police arrives outside a hospital in Lima where former Peruvian president Alan Garcia was taken after he attempted suicide. Photo: Reuters

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 30, 2010 Peruvian President Alan Garcia gestures as he speaks upon his arrival at the military airport in Buenos Aires. - Alan Garcia shot himself on April 17, 2019 upon being arrested and was rushed to hospital, his lawyer said. (Photo by Alejandro PAGNI / AFP)

Police stand guard outside a hospital where Peru's former President Alan Garcia was taken after he shot himself, in Lima, Peru April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

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Police escort Keiko Fujimori, opposition leader and daughter of disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori. Photo: AFP

This handout picture made available by the Fujimori family shows Peruvian former president (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori being admitted to the Centenario Clinic in Lima, after a Peruvian court annulled the humanitarian pardon granted to him last December by then-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, on October 3, 2018. - A Peruvian court on October 3 annulled ex-president Alberto Fujimori's pardon for crimes against humanity and ordered the 80-year-old's immediate arrest, officials said. After his arrest on October 3, he was admitted to a clinic for tests after experiencing a drop in blood pressure and an accelerated heart beat, his doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, told reporters. (Photo by FAMILY HANDOUT / FAMILY HANDOUT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FUJIMORI FAMILY HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (second right) is pictured next to the President of the Congress Luis Galarreta (left) after delivering a speech before the Peruvian National Congress in Lima in defence against a motion of impeachment. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Opposition lawmakers look up at a screen with the counted votes after Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defeated a bid to force him from power in Congress in Lima, Peru, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

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Garcia, 69, was being investigated in connection with a bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht


Garcia, 69, was being investigated in connection with a bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.


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Peru’s ex-president Alan Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Garcia, 69, was being investigated in connection with a bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht

Garcia, 69, was being investigated in connection with a bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht